Sydney Harbour Bridge

Just north-west of the Sydney Opera House stands the mighty Sydney Harbour Bridge, Not only is it the world’s largest single-arch bridge, but it’s also the widest long-span bridge in the world (although not the longest, as millions of Australian school children were supposedly taught).

The bridge is 49 metres across and has 8 lanes of traffic, a footpath. 2 railway tracks and a bicycle path on it!

The different colored water is caused by google stitching together images taken on different days with different weather. I’ve been sailing as a sport since I was a kid, and after long enough you can read the wind by looking at the surface of the sea. If it was Melbourne I would say the shots with the waves were taken on a day when there was a strong northerly wind, but I don’t know how the weather works on Sydney harbor

The coathanger is the obvious nickname. Any other wacky ones. I have a friend who calls it the smiley.

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